CEDAR CITY – The quick whiff of the tennis rackets and bouncing of tennis balls were once again in the air as rivals Cedar and Canyon View took to the court Tuesday.

Canyon View started off well, with wins in second and third singles, but Cedar came roaring back, winning both doubles matches to go along with a first singles victory. Cedar won, 3-2, after Karina Marchant beat Karina Ashdown in the third set.

"I would have to say (I was most proud) of Karina (Marchant)," Cedar head coach Rebecca Henrie said. "It's fun to watch these girls for the first time in competition. She's a fierce competitor. She's staying on her toes and not giving up, and this has been a two-and-a-half hour match."

Marchant was down 5-2 in the first set before sparking a comeback to win the set, 7-5. Ashdown came back strong and won a tiebreaker in the second set, only to lose in the third set, 6-3.

Second singles featured Cedar's Taylen Lamoreaux and CV's Sydney Whittaker. Whittaker won the match in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1.

"I think I waited for the ball longer to get it in (bounds) more consistently," Whittaker said. "(I could work on) my serving game; it's not at the top right now, but with practice, at the end of the season it should be good."

The third singles is where Canyon View's head coach Olga Kunz said she was most impressed. Canyon View's Megan Delaigle won after having lost the first set 6-3 to Cedar's Megyn Bettridge by winning the next two, 6-4 and 6-3.

"I would say (I'm most impressed with) Megan because she didn't have a chance to practice at all," Kunz said. "She started her match without practice today, and she won her match in three sets. She did a really good job."

Delaigle said patience was the difference in her winning the last two sets.

"I was trying to kill it all the time (in the first set), and I wasn't thinking about what I was doing," she said.

Doubles looked like Cedar was going for a shutout after both first and second doubles won 6-0 in the first set, but Canyon View wouldn't go away. First doubles was between Cedar's Savannah Werber and Jocelyn Holmes and Canyon View's Jelina Talbot and Jessika Cunningham.

After winning 6-0, Werber and Holmes lost the second set 6-4 before ending it with a 6-2 win.

"We got a little tired and we needed a couple pick-me-ups," Werber said. "We encouraged each other and it just helped with the last set."

Second singles featured Cedar's Emmeline Smith and Shae Raftery against CV's Marissa Cain and Taylor Drew. After losing 6-0, Cain and Taylor fought back and sent it to a tiebreaker in the second set before falling.

Both schools play Thursday at 4 p.m., as Cedar travels to Desert Hills, while Canyon View will host Snow Canyon.